1. need to implement Change handler and preventDefault for the same. 2. HeaderRelease can not be accessed using combo box, however you can keep some flag to verify. may be u can dispatch HeaderRelease on the parent of the combobox reference thus getting the index number. Not sure if there a better method for this. Anand
On Feb 25, 12:30 am, Shishir <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Venkat, > > Thanks for the reply.I implemented the custom component and it is > appearing fine in the datagrid column.But i have some doubts regarding > the above approach : > > 1) I basically want that i should have a drop-down list and based on > the menu-item chosen appropriate action should be taken on the data in > the column.But i want the text that appears on the comboBox to be > constant and equal to the column name. For example,if the column name > is "A" and one of the drop down items is > "sort" then on clicking "sort" the column should be sorted but the > comboBox text shouldn't change to "sort" ; it should remain constant > as "A". > > 2)I basically wanted to implement this component so that i could > implement a common set of functions that would act on the data in the > context of the column that was clicked.I was basically relying on the > Header Release event so that i can get the column index that was > clicked and implement this functions on any column of datagrid.But how > can i get the column index when i click on the menu-item of comboBox? > I can only get the index of the item in the menu-list. > > Is there a better approach of solving my problem ? My problem is > basically this : > > I want to give a menu-based functionality for each column ( a drop- > down kind of feature) and implement a couple of operations like : > sort,search etc. for the chosen column in the datagrid and show the > output. Any suggestions or best practices would be highly appreciated. > > Thanks, > Shishir. > > On Feb 24, 9:46 pm, Venkat Viswanathan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > Create a custom component and assign that component to the headerRenderer of > > the AdvancedDataGridColumn. > > > Regards, > > Venkatwww.venkatv.com > > > On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 7:08 PM, Shishir <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I want to implement an AdvancedDataGrid such that it's column headers > > > can have a drop-down menu which can be used to do a variety of > > > operations with the data in a column.My initial reading on the subject > > > shows that the functionality that i am looking can be obtained by > > > embedding combo-box in the Column header. > > > > Could someone guide me on how this can be achieved ? A sample code > > > would be very useful. > > > > Thanks, > > > Shishir. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Flex India Community" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/flex_india?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
